# More very hate-able commercials **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 14, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663 "2015-04-14T17:48:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 50
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/981 "2016-08-12T16:04:46Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > I half like those commercials. Kristen Bell & Dax Shepard come across as nice likable people who I would like to be friends with. And because of the ads, I’m probably more likely to go see their movies & tv shows. So, they and their publicists & agents are doing great with these. The problem with the commercials is that I have no clue what brand of appliance they’re shilling for. I think they come across like clueless, insufferable twits. I get the impression (in the reality of the commercials) that the only people that like them, is them. Despite that, I loved their Christmas decorations. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/982 "2016-08-12T17:19:07Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > There’s a commercial for a washing machine that lets you insert clothes after the cycle has started. The man hands the woman a dirty cloth, saying “I hope that’s mud!” She puts it in the machine and then smells her fingers. If it’s not mud, what the shit is it? > > I gag every time I see it. > > ETA: And here it is on [youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlqAvSXX6fA) I feel like I’m missing something here. I’ve opened the lid and tossed something in after the cycle has started countless times. Why do I need a special little door to do so? mmm ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/983 "2016-08-12T17:40:48Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I feel like I’m missing something here. I’ve opened the lid and tossed something in after the cycle has started countless times. Why do I need a special little door to do so? > mmm It’s an upright. If you open the door while it’s in process, all the water would slosh out. ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/984 "2016-08-12T18:03:25Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > It’s an upright. If you open the door while it’s in process, all the water would slosh out. Yeah, you can’t open the door of a front-loader washer. It locks when the cycle starts. If you somehow forced it open, the water would slosh out. This is one of the drawbacks of a front loader. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/985 "2016-08-12T18:34:10Z")
my disabled nephew used to get gifts/donations from people here and there just cause he was cute and lovable and one time we received a power wheel Harley set that he thought was to be his and even though he never made it go on his own he liked sitting on it and such Well about 2 weeks after we got it we get a letter from the shipping company saying we got it by mistake (it was supposed to go to an olan mills studio as a prop )and we were supposed to pack it up and send it in Well we ignored the letter and they couldn’t send us a bill … and the company the studio used to order it called us and once she heard the noticeable upset this was causing … fudged it so that they actually just chalked it up as being lost and sent the studio another today you couldn’t even tell this thing was worth $265 its cracked faded and the like … but he was happy with it for years … ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/986 "2016-08-12T18:34:30Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > There’s a commercial for a washing machine that lets you insert clothes after the cycle has started. The man hands the woman a dirty cloth, saying “I hope that’s mud!” She puts it in the machine and then smells her fingers. If it’s not mud, what the shit is it? Isn’t the point that she thinks it might be shit? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/987 "2016-08-12T20:34:03Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Please see #966 Ah, well. It bore repeating, though. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/988 "2016-08-12T21:06:10Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > my disabled nephew used to get gifts/donations from people here and there just cause he was cute and lovable and one time we received a power wheel Harley set that he thought was to be his and even though he never made it go on his own he liked sitting on it and such > > Well about 2 weeks after we got it we get a letter from the shipping company saying we got it by mistake (it was supposed to go to an olan mills studio as a prop )and we were supposed to pack it up and send it in > > Well we ignored the letter and they couldn’t send us a bill … and the company the studio used to order it called us and once she heard the noticeable upset this was causing … fudged it so that they actually just chalked it up as being lost and sent the studio another > > today you couldn’t even tell this thing was worth $265 its cracked faded and the like … but he was happy with it for years … Perhaps this a a local commercial? mmm ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/989 "2016-08-19T22:57:27Z")
There’s a new commercial that I predict won’t last long because the company that made it will get a buttload of negative comments from parents whose kids are imitating it. The voice-over says, “Are you relying on the babysitter’s phone?” while a bratty little preschool-aged boy runs off with it, and when it rings, he throws it into the wading pool. It reminded me of a series of “Calvin and Hobbes” strips where Rosalyn was watching Calvin, and he locked her out, for which he was severely punished, because, as his mother said, “That was not only mean, it was dangerous.” I couldn’t find it on You Tube; don’t know what company it’s for. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/990 "2016-08-20T02:35:34Z")
> [@Orwell](#): > > Yeah, you can’t open the door of a front-loader washer. It locks when the cycle starts. If you somehow forced it open, the water would slosh out. This is one of the drawbacks of a front loader. On ours you just press “Add an item” and it stops while you toss something in. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/991 "2016-08-20T02:50:15Z")
Yet another stupid Geico commercial. I’m trying to figure out how Marco Polo (1254-1324) would have what I think was an alpaca (pretty sure it was too short to be a llama.) Of course, I guess it could be the family’s alpaca, but that just raises [further questions.](https://morbotron.com/meme/S02E16/1183683.jpg?b64lines=VEhBVCBKVVNUIFJBSVNFUyAKRlVSVEhFUiBRVUVTVElPTlMuCg==) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/992 "2016-08-20T08:34:30Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Yet another stupid Geico commercial. I’m trying to figure out how Marco Polo (1254-1324) would have what I think was an alpaca (pretty sure it was too short to be a llama.) Of course, I guess it could be the family’s alpaca, but that just raises [further questions.](https://morbotron.com/meme/S02E16/1183683.jpg?b64lines=VEhBVCBKVVNUIFJBSVNFUyAKRlVSVEhFUiBRVUVTVElPTlMuCg==) That one makes me giggle, alpaca or no. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/993 "2016-08-20T13:53:15Z")
The [Liberty University commercial](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/A6SW/liberty-university-matthew-mark-luke-and-debbie) with “Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Debbie” is very amusing, especially in light of this from a satirical news site from a few years back: > [@](#): > > EDGEWOOD — A family of Southern Baptists from Bugscuffle, Tennessee was left befuddled and confused after trying to attend Sister Louisa’s Church of the Living Room and Ping-Pong Emporium Sunday evening. Ezekiel “Zeke” Goodbottom, traveling with his wife Ruth, and his children Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Debbie, had driven to Atlanta for the weekend to engage in street-corner preaching. > > “We done drove six hours to get here on Saturday,” Zeke explained, “And we was all set to bring our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to all them whores, sodomites, heathens, sodomites, queers, Democrats, sluts, and sodomites. Debbie here wanted to see her first black person.” > > When it was pointed out that Zeke mentioned “sodomites” multiple times, he retorted, “Well, there sure are a lot of ’em ’round here.” > > The Goodbottoms stayed in their ’97 Dodge Caravan overnight. When Sunday dawned, the Goodbottoms took to the streets again, preaching their message of love and tolerance, occasionally throwing empty Mountain Dew bottles at the sodomites. [https://www.atlbanana.com/fundamentalist-tourists-attend-services-at-sister-louisas/](https://www.atlbanana.com/fundamentalist-tourists-attend-services-at-sister-louisas/) ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/994 "2016-08-23T01:31:48Z")
The Dole “Oh, they’re drainers” commercial. Those are horrible people, nasty & condescending. Why would I want to be like them? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/995 "2016-08-23T03:24:22Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Yet another stupid Geico commercial. I’m trying to figure out how Marco Polo (1254-1324) would have what I think was an alpaca (pretty sure it was too short to be a llama.) Of course, I guess it could be the family’s alpaca, but that just raises [further questions.](https://morbotron.com/meme/S02E16/1183683.jpg?b64lines=VEhBVCBKVVNUIFJBSVNFUyAKRlVSVEhFUiBRVUVTVElPTlMuCg==) Llamas are the in thing in commercials nowadays. Alpacas are just llamas that stupid people don’t know are not the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/996 "2016-08-27T00:36:12Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I just saw a commercial for some kind of garbage you take if you have IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), and they have the fucking nerve to list \*diarrhea \*as one of the side-effects! Isn’t that exactly what IBS is??? > > Doctor: “You sick?” > Guy: “Yeah. My stomach hurts and I shit myself!” > Doctor: “Here. Take this. It will make you better or maybe make your stomach hurt and you may shit yourself.” I have the same problem with antidepressant commercials that list a side effect of _increase_ in \*suicidal \*thoughts ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/997 "2016-08-27T00:57:50Z")
oops heh that was for a thread about "do you have to return a wrong delivery " a while back these new panty and female hygiene commericals are getting bad but heres a new one …apparently bride and maids to be are trying on dresses and bride gets stuck trying to pull off a too tight dress over the top half of her body and the bridemaids think its time to discuss how great the kind of “breathable” panty shes wearing is while the camera person gets several up close shots of her mid section which is all you see of her … I think theres going to be full frontal commericals in the next 5-10 years … ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/998 "2016-08-27T01:12:42Z")
> [@67java89](#): > > I have the same problem with antidepressant commercials that list a side effect of _increase_ in \*suicidal \*thoughts [Aczone Gel](https://www.aczone.com/). The commercial is about a third down the page. Listen very close to the side effects. > [@](#): > > ACZONE® Gel 7.5% may cause serious side effects, including: > > ``` > A decrease of oxygen in your blood caused by a certain type of abnormal red blood cell ([methemoglobinemia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methemoglobinemia)). If your lips, nail beds, or the inside of your mouth turns gray or blue, stop using ACZONE® Gel 7.5% and get medical help right away. > > ``` Maybe advertising this stuff isn’t a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/999 "2016-08-27T05:51:02Z")
> [@67java89](#): > > I have the same problem with antidepressant commercials that list a side effect of _increase_ in \*suicidal \*thoughts Well hell, how many products actually list DEATH as a possible side effect? ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1000 "2016-08-27T12:56:41Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Well hell, how many products actually list DEATH as a possible side effect? Granted, death can be a side effect from dihydrogen monoxide… From too much OR too little OR overexposure… Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=49) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=51)